1uz-fe into 1st gen 4runner
#81
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Cool Video, and nice work, man! I can't wait to finally have the cabbage and secondary rig to do this. I've been looking for an 84-85 for quite a while... but they're all TOTALLY jackholed up, lol. And they're asking like 3500$ for CRAP! Ridiculous. I found an 85 in Apple Valley for 1000$... No motor, rebuilt trans. Someone snatched it before I could get out there(b4 I could get time off work, grrr.... Holidays+Chef=NO TIME FOR ME! hahaha).
I WILL find one, eventually. Have a good one, bud, ... hope you're having a great New Year!
Mark
I WILL find one, eventually. Have a good one, bud, ... hope you're having a great New Year!
Mark
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Cool Video, and nice work, man! I can't wait to finally have the cabbage and secondary rig to do this. I've been looking for an 84-85 for quite a while... but they're all TOTALLY jackholed up, lol. And they're asking like 3500$ for CRAP! Ridiculous. I found an 85 in Apple Valley for 1000$... No motor, rebuilt trans. Someone snatched it before I could get out there(b4 I could get time off work, grrr.... Holidays+Chef=NO TIME FOR ME! hahaha).
I WILL find one, eventually. Have a good one, bud, ... hope you're having a great New Year!
Mark
I WILL find one, eventually. Have a good one, bud, ... hope you're having a great New Year!
Mark
Thanks Mark !!
i hear you on the runners some are pretty beat up and they still want a few grand for them ..but ive also seen a couple of them selling for $1000 .. none cheaper though.
again thanks man , appreciate the complimets .
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so this truck just got back from a trip to salt lake city Utah .. the truck averaged 18mpg hwy.. three adults 1 child ,clothes ,smaller spare parts, tools and some food , or snacks . depends on what you consider food
We did nothing to this engine as far as maintenance , installed it just as we bought it , no new plugs wires caps rotors stuff like that and it has 249,000 miles on it .
be intersting to see how much this changes after a complete tune up .
We did nothing to this engine as far as maintenance , installed it just as we bought it , no new plugs wires caps rotors stuff like that and it has 249,000 miles on it .
be intersting to see how much this changes after a complete tune up .
Last edited by RMA; 01-25-2011 at 04:56 PM.
#88
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Well, everyone else here may be impressed with your work, but i'm not! Nope, not til you get a M/T behind the UZ.
P.S. Ok, i lied....I AM impressed, probably a bit jealous also. You should really do an M/T next, you know, just to keep your skillz sharp.(and so i can copy your notes)
P.S. Ok, i lied....I AM impressed, probably a bit jealous also. You should really do an M/T next, you know, just to keep your skillz sharp.(and so i can copy your notes)
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Well, everyone else here may be impressed with your work, but i'm not! Nope, not til you get a M/T behind the UZ.
P.S. Ok, i lied....I AM impressed, probably a bit jealous also. You should really do an M/T next, you know, just to keep your skillz sharp.(and so i can copy your notes)
P.S. Ok, i lied....I AM impressed, probably a bit jealous also. You should really do an M/T next, you know, just to keep your skillz sharp.(and so i can copy your notes)
yea the truck was in 2wd in parts of the video,we were just testing it out.
and thanks !
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im doing a 5 speed on my 95 and dont worry im going to take a boat load of pictures and lots of notes. ill have it finished by june is my plan as i want to drive it to vegas for the 4th of july.
#93
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so just a little update on this truck .. The A/C is working now .. its using custom stainless steel lines and the LS compressor everything else is the 4runners stuff.
ill post pics of the lines as soon as i get them.
ill post pics of the lines as soon as i get them.
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RIGHT ON, RMA! That's great news... I'm REALLY still itching to do this, but I've hit about every snag with this current runner that could happen! lol. Gotta tuck my first trans rebuild away and reseal/gasket up the whole T-case and I'll be thinking/looking on/for a project rig the whole while to do this!
to be honest, I'm a lil torn between this and the 3RZ....but man, that THROATY ROAR! lol.
I'm amazed at what I've learned since I first posted on this thread! hahahaha! Ok, it's not much compared to some...but I'm getting there, lol.
Thanks for the input and occasional shooting of the ......yeah. lol.
to be honest, I'm a lil torn between this and the 3RZ....but man, that THROATY ROAR! lol.
I'm amazed at what I've learned since I first posted on this thread! hahahaha! Ok, it's not much compared to some...but I'm getting there, lol.
Thanks for the input and occasional shooting of the ......yeah. lol.
#96
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well RB i really didnt do any of the work on the ac stuff besides letting my friend the owner of this red runner use my shop (Garage ) and the use of my small lathe .. he used it to make a small part , a fitting i guess to connect the hoses to the ac's radiator up front. he was having fun while i was working .. this was the first thing hes ever made with a lathe and it actually worked , and he didnt hurt himself
any way heres some pics .
any way heres some pics .
Last edited by RMA; 07-11-2011 at 06:07 PM.
#97
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so a little update on this 4runner .. its been inspected by the bar and is now legal .. everything working cruise and A/C ..
this truck also got a sunroof installed .. we found one off a 2004 range rover at the junkyard and worked fine so far.
heres a couple cell phone pics .. ill post some better pics later .
and for anyone interested the toyota sheet metal is twice as thick as the range rover sheetmetal.
this truck also got a sunroof installed .. we found one off a 2004 range rover at the junkyard and worked fine so far.
heres a couple cell phone pics .. ill post some better pics later .
and for anyone interested the toyota sheet metal is twice as thick as the range rover sheetmetal.
Last edited by RMA; 08-15-2011 at 07:48 PM.
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we spent some time at the pick n pull looking at different sunroofs .. the owner of the 4runner was originaly going with a saturn sunroof , but we got lucky and found the range rover , it had 2 sunroofs one in the front and one at the back .. they were both exactly the same .
its nice and is nicely contained the bottom pan bolts to the sunroof and squeezes the sheet metal real good .
my friend cut the sunroof off the range rover and used the range rovers sheetmetal as a template when cutting his 4runner.
hes going to make a headliner out of both the range rovers and 4runners then have a shop upholster it.
ill get some better pics later.